Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Elephant's Child and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. candles 2. everyone 3. nine 4. days 5. heart 

and/or: 

1. Aunt 2. strike 3. bullet 4. ballet 5. missed

Here is my story:

Caitlin told Mary she could strike the long match, now that everyone was ready and waiting upstairs. “We are here to celebrate Aunt Brenda,” she said loudly enough for all to hear. “Look down as the candles are lit, and you will see the shape of her cake.”

“It’s a crown!” shouted Frankie, “how very appropriate, Brenda would have loved it.” He wiped away a tear and hugged Caitlin. “Thank you,” he said quietly, “she was our Queen.”

“We are also celebrating the arrest of her killer,” said Caitlin. It took the police nine days, but they finally caught him.” “Do they know who he is? Is he someone we know?” asked Mary who had come upstairs to see the blazing crown cake for herself.

“It was Graham,” said Caitlin, to shocked gasps from everyone else. “He’d resented being fired and came backstage while the ballet was being performed and shot at Pierre who had replaced him as leading man, but he missed, and the bullet struck Aunt Brenda right in her heart.”

Tears flowed as people hugged and remembered. They came back downstairs and Frankie blew out the candles and began cutting the cake. Many stories were told that night as people remembered things Brenda had said and done over the years.